*Books & Biscotti (Book Review) with Cathy Tile
Thursday, January 12, 2023 • 19 Tevet 5783
1:00 PM - 2:30 PMOnline
Temple Emanu-El is pleased to welcome Book Reviewer
Cathy Tile to discuss
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
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The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
The Island of Missing Trees is a rich, magical novel about belonging and identity, love and trauma, and nature and renewal by acclaimed author, Elif Shafak.
In the novel, two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna, on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, bearing witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually to their silent, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, and when the teenagers vanish. Decades later, Kostas returns. He is a botanist looking for native species, but really, he is searching for lost love.
Years later, a Ficus carica grows in the back garden of a house in London, where Ada Kazantzakis lives. This tree is her only connection to an island she has never visited—
her only connection to her family’s troubled history and her complex identity as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world.
In the novel, two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna, on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, bearing witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually to their silent, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, and when the teenagers vanish. Decades later, Kostas returns. He is a botanist looking for native species, but really, he is searching for lost love.
Years later, a Ficus carica grows in the back garden of a house in London, where Ada Kazantzakis lives. This tree is her only connection to an island she has never visited—
her only connection to her family’s troubled history and her complex identity as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world.
Cathy Tile worked in the Toronto and York Region Boards of Education. She is one of the founders of the Living Lecture Series and is co-author of the book Toronto's Cook's Marketplace. Cathy has worked tirelessly for CAMH, UJA Youth Leadership and initiated the establishment of the Jewish Information Service and Tel Aide.
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March 30, 2023 @ 1:00pm: Special Event! AuthorTalk with Dr. Janna Nadler and Dawn Promislow, author of the novel, Wan. Click here to register.
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